Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Diagnosis of Extragenital Sexually Transmitted Infections
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00616-17
Abstract: ABSTRACT Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) is the preferred method to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, but no commercial tests are cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use with extragenital swab… read more here.
Keywords: amplification testing; pharyngeal samples; acid amplification; nucleic acid ... See more keywords
Clinical Decision Support Trees Can Help Optimize Utilization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00791-21
Abstract: Anaplasmosis, a tick-borne illness caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum (AP), presents with nonspecific clinical symptoms, including fever and headache, and is often accompanied by laboratory abnormalities of leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and mildly elevated liver function tests (LFTs).… read more here.
Keywords: acid amplification; amplification testing; nucleic acid; anaplasma phagocytophilum ... See more keywords